Trump, stimulus and dividend checks
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President Donald Trump said the $2,000 tariff dividends come mid-2026, but uncertainty remains over their delivery.
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Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend may be a smart political move. But it would be a huge economic gamble
One of the only things that polls worse than the Trump economy is the president’s almost unprecedented use of tariffs.
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Trump promises $2K checks, but are they real and could you get one
President Donald Trump has recently proposed a plan to distribute $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans, funded by a “tariff dividend” from new tariffs on imports. This proposal, intended as a rebate to mitigate the impact of tariffs on consumers,
Trump's new idea to send a $2,000 "dividend" to most people is the latest in a string of unrealized plans to give money back to Americans.
So far, the Trump administration has collected more than $220 billion in tariff revenue, according to the Treasury Department. It’s predicted that $2,000 stimulus checks would cost the U.S. roughly $326 billion, a CNN estimate said.